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;[[:Category:Nesoptilotis|Nesoptilotis]] flavicollis
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Bright olive green above, silver-grey head, neck and underbody, yellow throat bordered by a narrow black band, yellow chin, small yellow ear-patch, yellow underbody, wing feathers outlined with yellow, black bill,  red-brown eye. Females are smaller than males. Young birds are very similar to adults, but duller overall.
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[[Image:Filtered D6L 1254 - Copy .JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|jweeyh|jweeyh}}<br />[[Tasmania]], [[Australia]], May 2017]]
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Male 20–23 cm (7¾-9 in); female 18–20 cm (7-7¾ in)
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*Bright olive green upperparts
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*Dark silvery-grey head, neck and underparts
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*Yellow throat bordered by a narrow black band
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*Yellow chin
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*Small yellow ear-patch
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*Wing feathers outlined with yellow
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*Black bill
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*Reddish-brown eye<br />
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Females are smaller than males.<br />
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Young birds are very similar to adults, but duller overall.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
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Wet and dry forests, woodlands, sub-alpine forests, temperate rainforest, wet scrubs and coastal heathlands, parks, gardens, reserves in urban areas and orchards.
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Dry and wet forests, dominated by eucalyptus woodlands, sub-alpine forests, temperate rainforest, wet scrubs and coastal heathlands, parks, gardens, reserves in urban areas and orchards.
  
 
==Behaviour==
 
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The diet includes insects and nectar, and some fruit and seeds.  
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The diet consists of arthropods, insects and spiders; nectar, fruit and most likely seeds too. They feed at all levels from the canopy down, but not often on the ground.
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The female builds the small, cup-shaped nest from closely woven grass, bark and spider-web, lined with mammal fur or hair, close to the ground in dense shrubs.  The female incubates the eggs and feeds the young.  The nests are parasitised by both [[Pallid Cuckoo]] and [[Fan-tailed Cuckoo]].
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====Breeding====
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The female constucts the small, cup-shaped nest from closely woven grass, bark and spider-web. It is lined with mammal fur or hair and placed close to the ground in dense shrubs.  She incubates the eggs and also feeds the young.
  
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The nests are parasitised by both [[Pallid Cuckoo]] and [[Fan-tailed Cuckoo]].
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
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#Birds in Backyards
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{{GSearch|Honeyeater+flavicollis}}
 
{{GSearch|Honeyeater+flavicollis}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Nesoptilotis]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Nesoptilotis]]

Revision as of 23:40, 2 July 2017

Photo by Julien
Near Mt Wellington, Tasmania, May 2005
Nesoptilotis flavicollis

Identification

Photo by jweeyh
Tasmania, Australia, May 2017

Male 20–23 cm (7¾-9 in); female 18–20 cm (7-7¾ in)

  • Bright olive green upperparts
  • Dark silvery-grey head, neck and underparts
  • Yellow throat bordered by a narrow black band
  • Yellow chin
  • Small yellow ear-patch
  • Wing feathers outlined with yellow
  • Black bill
  • Reddish-brown eye

Females are smaller than males.
Young birds are very similar to adults, but duller overall.

Distribution

Endemic to Tasmania

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Formerly placed in the genus Lichenostomus.

Habitat

Dry and wet forests, dominated by eucalyptus woodlands, sub-alpine forests, temperate rainforest, wet scrubs and coastal heathlands, parks, gardens, reserves in urban areas and orchards.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet consists of arthropods, insects and spiders; nectar, fruit and most likely seeds too. They feed at all levels from the canopy down, but not often on the ground.

Breeding

The female constucts the small, cup-shaped nest from closely woven grass, bark and spider-web. It is lined with mammal fur or hair and placed close to the ground in dense shrubs. She incubates the eggs and also feeds the young.

The nests are parasitised by both Pallid Cuckoo and Fan-tailed Cuckoo.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
  3. Birds in Backyards

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External Links

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